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Cadent was acquired by Novacap (2023).
Cadent

Cadent

Connected TV & Addressable Advertisingcadent.tv

Cadent is an advertising technology company that connects the TV advertising ecosystem, helping advertisers and publishers identify and understand audiences, activate campaigns, and measure results across TV content and devices.

Last updated Oct 5, 2026 by the ATDb Editorial Team

Founded
2000
HQ
New York, New York, United States
Parent
Connections
23

AI-drafted from public sources15 sources cited

At a glance

Employees
201-500
Funding
$100M
Revenue
$50M–$150M
Stock
N/A
13integrations1competitors2corporate family1acquisitions

About

Leading independent converged TV advertising platform serving national and local advertisers, agencies, and media owners across linear, addressable, and streaming TV

Cadent is an advertising technology company that connects the TV advertising ecosystem, helping advertisers and publishers identify and understand audiences, activate campaigns, and measure results across TV content and devices. Its unified platform integrates planning, activation, and measurement across digital, linear TV, CTV, and YouTube, combining an Audience Manager, DSP, and SSP anchored by a patented Viewer Graph to reduce fragmentation and improve business outcomes. The platform's predictive intelligence layer runs 22,000 outcome-driven models that evaluate 200 billion ad opportunities daily, bidding only on the top 0.1% most likely to meet a client's KPIs. Cadent emphasizes cost transparency, noting that hidden fees can consume up to 52% of a media budget, and provides visibility into exactly where media dollars are spent. Its converged TV platform, Aperture, streamlines cross-screen advertising by bringing together identity, data, and inventory through hundreds of integrated partners. Source 1: novacapcorp.com — Cadent Source 2: cadent.tv — Cadent | Actually Intelligent Advertising

Business model

SaaS / Platform

Target market

Enterprise

What they offer

  • Cadent Advanced TV Platform

    A unified platform for planning, activating, and measuring converged TV campaigns across linear, addressable, and streaming inventory.

  • Addressable TV Advertising

    Household-level targeted advertising delivered across cable, satellite, and IPTV linear TV environments.

  • Connected TV (CTV) Activation

    Programmatic and direct activation of video advertising across streaming and OTT platforms.

  • Audience Data & Targeting

    Data management and audience segmentation tools that aggregate first- and third-party data for precise TV audience targeting.

  • Cross-Screen Measurement & Analytics

    Campaign performance measurement and attribution across linear, addressable, and streaming TV touchpoints.

  • TV Planning Tools

    Audience discovery and media planning capabilities that help advertisers optimize reach and frequency across converged TV.

Key features

Unified cross-screen TV campaign managementHousehold-level addressable targetingProgrammatic CTV/OTT activationFirst- and third-party data integrationCross-platform reach and frequency managementPost-campaign measurement and attributionLinear TV inventory accessData-agnostic audience segmentation

Use cases

National brand TV campaign planning and activation across converged TVHousehold-level addressable advertising on linear TVProgrammatic CTV/OTT campaign executionCross-screen audience reach and frequency optimizationTV advertising measurement and attributionLocal and regional TV advertising at scaleAgency-managed multi-client TV campaign operations

Customer segments

National advertisers and brandsAdvertising agencies and holding companiesLocal and regional advertisersMedia owners and networksMVPDs and pay-TV operatorsStreaming and OTT publishers

Tech & specs

Technology stack

Cloud-based SaaS infrastructureData management platform (DMP)Programmatic ad servingAPI-based integrationsMachine learning for audience modelingReal-time bidding (RTB) infrastructure

Security & compliance

CCPAGDPRNAI compliance

Deployment

Cloud

API

Yes

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